2026lUpdate)lAnatomylandlPhysiologylIl
Review|lQsl&lAs|lGradelA|l100%lCorrectl
(VerifiedlAnswers)-lChamberlain
Q:lCrosslsectionlanatomyloflthelspinallcord
Answer:
Containslalcentrallgreylmatterl(nervelcelllbodies)lsurroundedlbylalperipherallwhitelmatterl(myel
inatedlaxonslgatheredlintoltracts).lThelgreylmatterlformslanteriorlandlposteriorlhornslinlthelsha
peloflalbutterfly.
Q:lThelanteriorlandlposteriorlhornslgivelriselto
Answer:
nervelrootslthatlexitlthelCNSlforminglthelperipherallnerves.
Q:lOrganizationloflgreylmatter
Answer:
Anteriorlhorn,lPosterior/dorsallhorns,lLaterallhorn
Q:lAnterior/lVentrallhorn
Answer:
interneuronslandlsomaticlmotorlneurons
,Q:lPosterior/lDorsallhorn
Answer:
Dorsallrootlganglialcontainlthelsensorylnervelcelllbodieslandlinterneurons
Q:lLaterallhorn
Answer:
Onlylfoundlinlsomelsectionsloflthelcordlandlcontainslthelcelllbodieslforlthelautonomiclnervesl(s
ympatheticlnervelfibers)
Q:lOrganizationloflWhitelMatter
Answer:
Eachlregionloflspecializedlwhitelmatterlislknownlaslalfuniculus.lFuniculuslcanlbelfurtherlorgani
zedlintoltractsl(aka:lcolumns)lAscendinglandldescendingltracts.
Q:lAscendingltracts
Answer:
Sensorylinformationlgoinglfromlcordltolbrainl(afferent;ltypicallylbeginlwithlspino-).l
Firstlorderlneuron
Secondlorderlneuron
Thirdlorderlneuron
Spinothalamicltract
Spinocerebellarltract
, Q:lTypesloflAscendinglTracts
Answer:
Spinothalamicltract
Spinocerebellarltract
Dorsallcolumns/Medialllemniscuslpathway:
FasciculilGracilis
FasciculilCuneatus
Q:lSpinothalamicltracts
Answer:
lightltouch,lpressure,lpainlandltemperature
Q:lSpinocerebellarltracts
Answer:
anteriorlspinocerebellarlandlposteriorlspinocerebellar
Q:lDorsallwhitelcolumns
Answer:
Containslsensorylinformationlfromlthelextremities:lFasciculilGracilis:llowerlextremitieslFascicu
lilCuneatus:lupperlextremities
Q:lDescendingltracts
Answer: